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• Douglas Richard Wassenaar, Johannesburg, Gauteng, Zuid Afrika
• Marnix Lapere, Roeselare († 2013)
• Arnoldus Wolfgang Maria (Arnold) Alsemgeest († 2020)
• Tony Nesbitt, Gordon County, Georgia († 2005)
• Maria Verhaar, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1953)
• Doodgeboren kind van Hoof, Tilburg († 1953)
• Johannes Rijsdijk, Heerjansdam († 1954)
• Liliane Maurissen, Bilzen († 1954)
• Levenloos Dop, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Arnoldus Wolgang Maria Alsemgeest, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)

• Belle Dickinson (76), West Carroll, LA
• Slot (0), Lutten, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrika Kloens (68), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Cornelia Moes (63), Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Bastiaan de Jong (7), Lexmond (Zederik), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Dijkhuizen (88), Scheveningen
• Adriana Hendrika Kloens (68), Dordrecht (Zuid-Holland)
• Antonius Dionijsius Coolen (75), Tilburg
• Antonius Dionysius Coolen (75), Tilburg
• Cornelia Johanna Melse (69), Goes

• 1950 » John Candy, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter († 1994)
• 1951 » Dave Trembley, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1951 » Nick Saban, American football player and coach
• 1952 » Bernard Edwards, American bass player, songwriter, and producer († 1996)
• 1952 » Joe West, American baseball umpire and actor
• 1953 » John Lucas II, American basketball player and coach
• 1954 » Ken Wahl, American actor and screenwriter
• 1954 » Mari Okamoto, Japanese actress
• 1955 » Michalis Chrisochoidis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Public Order
• 1955 » Susan Orlean, American journalist and author

• 1931 » Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Chit Hlaing, Burmese lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1960 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, French astronomer (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Mesut Cemil, Turkish cellist and composer (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Malek Bennabi, Algerian philosopher and author (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Sachin Dev Burman, Indian composer and singer (b. 1906)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Robert
8. Peter
9. Pieter
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Yvonne
11. Margaretha
12. Petronella
13. Geertruida
14. Linda
15. Alida
16. Jacoba

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
• February 3 » The Batepá massacre occurred in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros.
• February 19 » Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.
• March 3 » A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
• April 25 » Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
• June 8 » The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
• June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.

The temperature on October 31, 1953 was between 5.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.